# Rainbow crab (3) price

> Rainbow crab (3) Grand Exchange price right now (850 gp), with buy and sell prices, 24h volume, our own price history, buy limit, high alch profit and the GE tax.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/items/rainbow-crab-3
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 31683.

Examine: “You'll need something to break through that shell.”

## Price now

Prices as of 2026-11-02 00:20 UTC.

**Rainbow crab (3) is at its cheapest in 79 days.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 850 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 724–10,000 gp |
| 30-day average | 1,351 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / – / – |
| Instant buy | 846 gp (2026-10-30 03:00 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 854 gp (2026-10-30 05:19 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 31 |
| 1h average buy / sell | – / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | – / 991 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | Unknown |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 16 gp
- You receive: 830 gp
- Flip margin after tax: -24 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 180
- Low alch value: 120
- Profit per cast: -818 gp

Buying one at the instant-buy price plus a nature rune; fire runes assumed from a staff.

## Rainbow crab (3) price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | – | 1,000 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | – | 1,000 |

Range plotted: 846 to 9,936 gp, over 15 points.

## Rainbow crab (3) price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 1 gp and the highest buy average 10,000 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | – | 991 |

Range plotted: 1 to 18,207 gp, over 189 points.

## Questions

### How much is Rainbow crab (3) worth in OSRS?

About 850 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 846 gp and the last instant sell 854 gp. Over the last 24 hours 31 were traded.

### Is Rainbow crab (3) worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 180 coins. Buying one at 846 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 818 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Rainbow crab (3)?

16 gp each at 846 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 830 gp.

Item id 31683. Prices update every five minutes.

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